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Should Dads Demand Respect?
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Should dads demand respect?
Maybe this sounds familiar:
“No, I don’t want to!” “This is dumb, you’re unfair!” “Who cares if my homework isn’t done?!”
Hey dads, have you experienced this kind of pushback from your kids? It can push ALL your buttons when your child is disrespectful. This can make it especially hard to keep calm and respond with calm authority.
Although this is a struggle for almost all parents, it seems to be an especially challenging scenario for dads.
When our “respect buttons” get pushed, it’s tempting to grasp for control and command obedience. But in doing so, we might find ourselves sacrificing connection and true, heartfelt respect with our kids. You want to build connection and respect. So what can you do? How can you respond?
In today’s episode, Jim Jackson (Co-Founder of Connected Families) and Chad Hayenga (Marriage and Family Therapist and Connected Families Parent Coach) have a heartfelt conversation about respect. When we engage with our kids in humility and curiosity instead of control, we model what respect looks like, and safely earn their respect and trust. Treating our children with respect helps us diffuse a tense situation, and paves the way for connection, conversation, and understanding.
In this podcast, you’ll learn:
- how you can initiate and model respect to your child–even when they are being disrespect